J & J Log Home

Hey everyone, Tired of looking at the toilet yet? hah. Last weekend Mark (coworker) came down to help us get started properly laying the hardwood flooring. He has done alot of flooring with his Dad, so it was a huge help having him come down & help for the day. Thanks again Mark! Today we laid another 11 boxes of flooring. We have about 120SF left to finish tomorrow. This is 3/4" solid Hickory. So far it's looking great (don't mind the dust). Tim came down to help, thanks! It's mostly light colored, but alot of grain & variation, seems to fit well.

We were finally ready to call Gary the plumber back so he could do his finish work. I never thought I'd be so excited to hear the sound this made :) Haha, it will be much nicer than using nature. I think Jessica is happier than I am. Marley say's hi, little guy wouldn't stay in the picture for me. Here's our water heater (free from the REMC, thanks!), no hot water yet until electrician wires it up in the panel. We even have a working (cold) shower: Here is next weekend's project, hardwood flooring. Hopefully by then the stair railings will be in.

Jessica spent the weekend cleaning chinking off the inside logs. Fun job :) I spent most of the weekend in the crawlspace insulating the floor. We had a freak heat-wave, all the snow melted & it was close to 50, so I stopped by the local plumbing shop, & picked up the proper connector to attach the water main to the meter. It was a 'bit' muddy but I got it hooked up, no leaks. We also finished the guest bath vanity top + faucet. We had a different faucet picked out, but it was a 4" center, the top we bought was 8", so we returned the faucet & found one similar that fit better. Almost ready for the plumber...

We found a decent deal on solid-surface vanity tops. The sinks are built onto the tops from below. I took them down tonight & worked on the double upstairs. The single was chipped on the corner so have to return it. I installed the faucets first since it just looked easier to do it before mounting the top. They are made by 'Cifial', found a good deal on a pair of them, worked out well. Have to run some silicone around the top edge still where it meets the wall, & the drawer doesn't fit in-between the sinks (oval sinks a bit wider??...) but almost done. Getting closer :)

Our friend Mike helped us move the granite counter-top after work on Friday night. Heavy stuff is all I have to say, well over 300 lbs from my calcs. Thanks for the muscles Mike :) We finished the cabinets today. We need to find a matching piece of glass for the doors on the right side, and need to have a 30" countertop cut down to 15" for the cabinet base I shortened: Here's a closeup of the granite, & the undermount sink. We still need to figure out how to finish the backsplash area. Likely some kind of tile or stone of some sort. Any idea's?? Southern Indiana actually got a decent amount of snow for a change, over a foot in a about 24 hours. We had lots of animals enjoying the yard this weekend, a few dogs & a deer or something that chewed under our lumber pile to get some fresh grass.